Comcast subscribers can catch "Angry Birds Toons" through Xfinity on Demand, the Xfinity Web site, or the Xfinity TV Player app. The animated adventures also will appear on TV networks in France, Germany, Korea, Australia, India, and Israel. Additionally, the series will be available on Samsung Smart TVs; Roku and other set-top boxes will follow.

Angry Birds game players will be able to catch the cartoons through a dedicated channel. Gamers simply need to download the latest update to any Angry Birds game to access the new channel button in the app's home screen.

TV seems like the next lucrative market for Rovio, after carving out a healthy chunk of the app business. The company announced today that its flock of Angry Birds games has reached more than 1.7 billion downloads.

"We've long wanted to tell our fans the story of the Angry Birds and the Bad Piggies to introduce their personalities and their world in detail," Rovio CEO Mikael Hed said in a statement. "Launching the channel, and partnering up with some of the best video-on-demand providers and TV networks, is an important milestone for us on our journey toward becoming a fully fledged entertainment powerhouse."

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